Digimon: I really didn't want to be the Digimon Emperor!

Chapter 85 Digital Spacetime Secret Realm Departure

Above the thick clouds, a silver-white floating city called "Lak" floats silently.

The entire city is made of an unknown metal, and the streamlined building surfaces are engraved with mysterious digital totem patterns.

In the center of the city stands a magnificent golden clock tower, its huge gears turning slowly with a dull "click" sound, as if measuring the weight of time.

Cheng Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and found himself standing on an unfamiliar platform. The cold metal floor sent a chill through him, making him realize that this was no dream.

Just moments ago, I was still immersed in Gu Le Beast's words, "Search for the light of evolution," when in the blink of an eye, I was teleported to this unfamiliar platform.

"Where is this?" Cheng Yuan muttered to himself, looking around warily.

An old-fashioned steam locomotive was parked in front of the platform, its dark metal exterior marked by the passage of time. Instinct told him this was no ordinary old locomotive; he raised his arc lamp.

【Steam Locomotive Beast (Locomotive Beast)】

[Data Seed - Mechanical Type]

【Complete body】

[Skills: Steam Bomb, Wheel Crusher]

[Description: A transporter traversing the digital world, responsible for delivering critical data. Its entire body is covered in high-strength alloy, and its top chimney can spew out high-temperature steam. Despite its old-fashioned appearance, as a fully-fledged unit, its performance is comparable to newer models.]

"The complete form?!" Cheng Yuan gasped.

To his further surprise, there were five animal trainers on the platform preparing to board the train.

"Woof! Cheng Yuan, look!" The little dog suddenly tugged at his trouser leg. Following the direction the little paw pointed, Cheng Yuan realized that the sea of ​​clouds outside the platform meant they were actually high in the sky!

He looked around and found that it was a huge floating platform.

Eight metal tracks start from the center of the platform and extend radially in eight directions. Each track is occupied by a locomotive of a different shape—from old-fashioned steam locomotives to the latest maglev trains, all of which are in their complete form.

It feels like a high-speed rail station?

The numerous railways form a shape resembling the Chinese character "米" (mǐ), with a massive and awe-inspiring golden clock tower at its center.

Next to each railway line, there is a platform, and on the platform stand people waiting for their trains.

Among them were people of both Eastern and Western appearances, and even a few tamers of dark-skinned races. The Tyrannosaurus Rex or Arc Light Machines in their hands indicated their status as tamers.

Cheng Yuan took a closer look and noticed that the five people on the same platform as him all had East Asian faces.

At that moment, the Golden Bell Tower rang its bells, as if urging everyone to hurry up and board the vehicle.

Just as he was about to catch up with the five people ahead, the nearest steam locomotive puffed out a plume of white smoke and emitted a loud buzzing sound: "Little guys, welcome to Lark! The Time-Space Secret Realm is about to open, hurry up and get on board, toot-toot!"

The deafening whistle forced Cheng Yuan to cover his ears. The moment the hatch opened, the five people in front filed in.

"Hey, you over there!" the train engine roared hoarsely, "If you don't get on board soon, Quantummon will throw you back onto land!"

"Quantum Beast?" Cheng Yuan's heart skipped a beat; the name seemed familiar.

Before he could think it through, the train whistle sounded again, urging him on. Cheng Yuan picked up the two Digimon and rushed into the carriage.

"Alright, everyone, buckle up!" the locomotive beast chuckled like an old man.

Meanwhile, at the top of the Golden Clock Tower, a girl-type Digimon wearing a golden mask and a totem robe gazed into the void. Her slender fingers lightly traced a line, and six figures appeared and disappeared before her.

"Hmm?" The brows under the mask suddenly furrowed. At the steam locomotive platform, according to the list of people authorized to board the spacetime secret realm submitted by the Digital World Administration, only five people should have boarded the train, but now there was an extra boy of about sixteen years old with two Digimon.

It closed its eyes, and countless images flashed through its mind. It quickly discovered the anomaly: it was the Ancient Music Beast that had arbitrarily granted the boy access to the Time-Space Secret Realm.

All passengers at the platforms surrounding the Golden Bell Tower had completed boarding.

The tolling of the bells grew more and more urgent.

At the top of the clock tower, the golden-masked Digimon, Quantummon, shone with dazzling light. Its hands formed a hand seal, and a brilliant golden beam of light shot into the sky.

Ultimate Skills—[Endless Journey] [Time-Space Chaos]!

The moment the skill was unleashed, all the clocks in the floating city stopped. Countless golden runes rose from the Golden Clock Tower and shot to the ends of the eight tracks.

At the end of the broken railway, space begins to twist and fold, eventually transforming into crystalline time portals that float at the eight corners of the Sky City of Lak.

"Set off, hopefuls," it murmured softly.

One after another, fully-equipped trains began to start, accelerate, transform into streams of light, and rush into the portal of time and space.

Quantum Beast

[Data Seed - Fairy Type]

Ultimate Form

[Skills: Endless Journey (Opens a portal to time and space), Time Chaos (Manipulates the flow of time)]

[Introduction: The guardians stationed in the floating city of "Lak" collaborate with the Digital World Administration to monitor global crises, utilizing the predictive capabilities of the floating city of "Lak" to detect and prevent global catastrophes in advance.]

However, regarding information about Quantum Beasts, no tamer's equipment can detect their existence—it seems to exist in another dimension.

The little dog beast: "???"

"Little Dog Beast, what are you doing?" Cheng Yuan asked Little Dog Beast, who was looking out the car window at the Golden Clock Tower.

"There seems to be a Digimon over there..." The puppymon tilted its head in confusion.

Cheng Yuan looked over and saw nothing but the clock tower.

Just then, the steam locomotive let out its final long whistle and rushed into the portal of time and space.

The view outside the window distorted instantly, and a colorful stream of data rushed past.

When the vision cleared again, a vast, desolate land appeared before them. The expansive land was covered in cracks, and data storms swirled in the sky. In the ancient Digital World, a fierce war was raging between humanoid and beast-type Digimon.

"Ugh..." Cheng Yuan suppressed the dizziness brought on by the transmigration. At this moment, a gentle voice prompt sounded in the carriage:

【Kind tips】

[This Time-Space Anomaly Projection: The Ancient Digital World—The Era of the Human vs. Beast Race War]

[Train Destination: Ancient Digital Continent - Humanoid Digimon Alliance Territory - Activated Volcano - Forgefire Village]

[Duration of the Secret Realm: 30 days]

[Time Flow Rate in the Secret Realm: 10:1 (10 days in the Secret Realm, 1 day in the Real World)]

[Digital Administration Bureau Mission Requirements: Obtain digital armor forging technology and pass the junior blacksmith certification]

【important hint】

1. This secret realm is a historical projection; the Digimon inside cannot be taken out.

2. Beast tamers will be granted legitimate local identities, be fluent in digital world languages, and their clothing and identities will not arouse suspicion.

3. The Digivice temporarily gains a data scanning function, which can detect Digimon and resource information in the Secret Realm.